Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

1995 Fontaine Trailer Co.

13N348204S35A4993 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
13 mo
Inspections5
all-time
OOS inspections1
of 5
First seenMay 12, 2025
MI
Last seenJun 23, 2026
AR
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
13N348204S35A4993
Make
Fontaine Trailer Co.
Model
Fontaine Trailer Co.
Model year
1995
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jun 27, 2026
vPIC returns make / model / year / body class / GVWR. Fields it does not resolve are shown as Not decoded rather than guessed.
Decode evidence & sources

Deterministic structure

These fields come directly from VIN positions and the published checksum calculation, with zero store IO.

World manufacturer identifier
13N

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
34820

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
4 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 4.

Model year candidates
1995 or 2025

Position 10 repeats every 30 years; both candidates are retained and neither is silently selected.

North American serial sequence
5A4993

Deterministic · positions 12–17 for a North American WMI.

Sourced platform inference

The prefix store publishes only at support ≥ 3 and purity ≥ 90%. Prefix confidence is shown beside every established platform claim.

Make
FONTAINE TRAILER CO.

Prefix basis · 72 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Fontaine Trailer Co.

Prefix basis · 72 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model line
Not established

No sourced model-line label is established.

No source established for this field.

Generation
Not established

No sourced generation label is established.

No source established for this field.

Cab type
Not established

No sourced cab label is established.

No source established for this field.

Federal observation (NHTSA vPIC)

What the federal corpus observed directly for this exact VIN — independent of, and sometimes more specific than, the prefix-level inference above.

Observed model year
1995

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
FONTAINE TRAILER CO.

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Fontaine Trailer Co.

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed body class
Trailer

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed vehicle type
TRAILER

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

GVWR
Not established

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Not established

  • model line
  • generation
  • cab type

These are withheld claims, not negative findings.

02

Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · May 12, 2025 – Jun 23, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jun 23, 2026ARIII · Driver-only2OOSGT EXPRESS INC 24723265377220/ME
May 15, 2026MEIII · Driver-only0GT EXPRESS INC 24723265377220/ME
Oct 29, 2025NCIII · Driver-only1GT EXPRESS INC 24723265377220/ME
May 30, 2025ARIII · Driver-only0GT EXPRESS INC 24723265377220/ME
May 12, 2025MIIII · Driver-only0GT EXPRESS INC 24723265377220/ME
03

Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
GT EXPRESS INC2472326May 12, 2025Jun 23, 20265IL
Names are left-joined from the FMCSA census; a DOT with no census match falls back to its number.
04

Plate & unit-number history

The same truck under different plate registrations across carriers

PlateState / prov.Unit no.CarrierDate rangeInsp.
5377220ME2GT EXPRESS INCMay 12, 2025Jun 23, 20265
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 27, 2026